Hinge.



J. GORMAN.

HINGE.

APPLIOATIGN FILED APR. 2, 1914.

1,1 14,746. Patented Oct. 27, 1914.

Inventor Attorn'eys UNITED STATES PATEN T()F1iIGE.

JOHN GORMAN, 0F WENTWORTH, MISSOURI.

HINGE.

provide an adjustable hinge of unique construction, whereby the door or gate which is swung upon the hinge may be adjusted, to alter the position of the gate, or to eliminate the sagging thereof. v

The present invention also contemplates the provision of an adjustable hinge embodying a peculiar assemblage of component parts, whereby the hinge may be readily applied, and whereby the hinge will be comparatively simple, substantial and inexpensive in construction, as well as being simple, convenient, practical, serviceable and efficient in its use.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and'in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

The invention has been illustrated in its preferred embodiment in the accompanying drawing, wherein Figure 1 is a fragmental elevation of a gate and gate post, including the improved hinges applied thereto, portions being shown in section. Fig. 2 is a fragmental View illustrating a modified form of hinge.

Referring particularly to Fig. 1, an arbi trary or conventional gate has been illustrated as at 1, and the gate post or upright has been designated by the numeral 2. It is to be understood, at the outset, that the present hinges are adapted to be employed with various types of gates, barn doors and the like, so that theillustration will not be taken as limiting the use of the present hinges.

As illustrated in Fig. 1, a pair of the hinges are employed for hanging the gate 1 fromthe post 2, and although the use of end of the pintle.

Specification of Letters fatent. Patefited Oct 27, 1914 Application filed April 2, 1914. Serial No. 829,092.

ommended, it will be apparent that only one of the improved hinges may be employed, if

desired, in connection with a common hinge of suitable character. Each of the present hinges comprises an eye or member 3-adapted to be secured to the gate post by means of a bolt or other securing member 4:, the eye or element 3 having an inclined flexible arm 5 projecting upwardly therefrom and arranged'at an acute angle with the post, when applied thereto. The upper or free end of the arm 5 is provided with a pintle Band with a seat or shoulder 7 at the basal or butt It is evident that when the arm 5 has its lower end secured to the post, the upper end of the arm will be spaced from the post, thereby to hold the pintle 6 spaced from the post.

In order to support and adjust" the free or upper end of the arm :3, an eye bolt 8 hav ing its eye engaged over the basal portion or butt end of the pintle 6, has its shank slidable through the post 2, and is provided with a nut 9 threadedly or adjustably engaged between and seating against that side of the post remote from the arm 5. The nut or retaining element 9 seating against the post, will support the arm 5 against swinging downwardly, or away from the post. An eye bolt 10 has its eye journaled Or loosely engaging over the pintle 6 above the eye bolt or'stay 8, and has its shank engaged through the corresponding stile or end of the gate frame, a nut 11 being threaded upon the shank of the bolt or hanger element 10, to secure it to the gate. frame.

In assembling the present hinges with the gate and post, it is evident that the bolts or stays 8 may be readily engaged through the post, in which event the arms 5 may be applied thereto, the pintles 6 be-' ing passed upwardly through the eyes of the bolts 8, and the lower portions of the arms 5- being secured rigidly to the post by engaging the bolts 4: through the eyes 3 and the post. The eye bolts or hanger elements 10 may be readily applied to the gate frame, whereby the eyes of the bolts 10 may be engaged over the pintles 6 to hang the gate from the post.

It is evident that the gate may be readily applied to and removed from the pintles 6, similar to the ordinary hinges. The eyes of the bolts or stays 8 which embrace the basal portions of the pintles 6, serve as bearings for the eye bolts 10. By properly adjusting the nuts 9 on the stay bolts 8, the eyes of the bolts 8 may be adjusted or drawn toward the post 2, or be permitted to move away from the post. Thus, it is possible to adjust the position of the gate, the weight of the gate tending to draw the arms 5 away from the post, when the bolts 8 are loosened, and the strain transmitted l0to the bolts 8 when the nuts are tightened will pull or flex the arms 5 toward the post. Should the gate or door sag, the nut 9 of the upper hinge may be tightened, to

thereby pull or flex the upper arm 5 toward the post, to bring the gate or door to normal or upright position in a convenient and simple manner.

Particular attention is directed to the peculiar relation of the hinges with the post or supporting member and gate, the upper end of each flexible arm 5 being disposed in the plane of the gate, as will be obvious, and the axis of each eye 10 also being disposed in the plane of the gate, whereby when either or both of the stay bolts 8 are adjusted, the gate 1 may be adjusted in its plane.

The present hinges are substantial as well as simple and inexpensive in construction, and may be employed for hanging various gates and doors with equal success and propriety.

In the modification depicted in Fig. 2, a lag screw l is employed for securing the lower end or eye 3 of the arm 5 to the post 2, and a metallic strap or leaf 10 is secured to the gate 1 by means of screws, bolts or other securing members and has one end formed or doubled to provide an eye 10 adapted to be journaled over the pintle 6. I

From the foregoing, taken in connection with the drawings, the salient features and the capabilities of the present hinges will be obvious to those versed in the art, it being noted that the hinges herein disclosed carry out the objects above noted, in a desirable and satisfactory manner.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is In combination, a supporting member, a gate, and upper and lower hinges connecting the supporting member and the gate, one hinge comprising a member secured to the supporting member and having a flexible inclined arm, the upper end of the said arm being disposed in the plane of the gate, a member secured to the gate and having an eye whose axis lies in the plane of the gate, the said eye being journaled over the upper end of the said arm, and an adjustable stay bolt connecting the upper end portion of the said arm and the supporting member for flexing the said arm toward the post to adjust the gate in its plane.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN GORMAN. Witnesses J. W. Rose, A. O. Lanna.

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